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PERSSON'S EURO NEWS AND RESULTS

March 31, Kiel, GER, Sparkassen Arena, est 6000, Sauerland Event, FvAArthur Abraham, 76,2, Ger W12-U Piotr Wilczewski, 76,1, Pol Abraham retained the WBO Euro title on scores of 118-109 twice and 119-108. Wilczewski had a point deducted in the seventh for turning away from the action. Abraham was more active in the beginning than in previous fights and Wilczewski took too long to get untracked - once he did it he showed a fine jab and a stiff right but Abraham was too strong and wore him down despite tiring himself. Wilczewski was in deep trouble in the eleventh but survived and kept trying until the end.Eduard Gutknecht, 79,0, Ger W12-S Tony Averlant, 78,8, Fra Gutknecht retained the EBU 175 lb title on scores of 115-113 and 114-113 while the third vote was fr Averlant at 115-113. Gutknecht floored Averlant at the end of the first and the Frenchman was unsteady as he got up but the bell rang. Averlant came back and it became a hardfought, gruelling fight with the Frenchman getting the upper hand and Gutknecht losing his way. For my money Averlant won and most at ringside seemed to agree. 10x3: Mateusz Masternak, 90,0, Pol TKO 10 (2.06) Felipe Romero, 90,3, Mex Romero was down in the fourth and sixth and punched himself out early in the tenth and was rescued by the referee. Masternak took a long time to get going and was overly careful while Romero, not in top shape, survived and had enough punch to get respect from his opponent. 8x3: Robert Woge, 79,1, Ger KO 3 (2.28) Carl Dilks, 79,4, Uk Woge, better defenseivly than before but still a straight ahead slugger, hurt Dilks with a left hook and the Brit went down on his back and Woge closed the fight with an impressive combination topped by a left hook. Dilks had his moments in the second but Woge was too much for him Henry Weber, 76,3, Ger W8-U Lorenzo Di Giacomo, 76,2, Ita Weber, a soft looking supermiddle, was off to a good start but Di Giacomo came on strong after that and outfought the German - only to lose on scores of 77-75 twice and 78-74, 4x3: Tyron Zeuge, 77,0, Ger, prodebut TKO 1 (1.14) Yauheni Bohdanouski, 77,0, Blr Bohdanouski, a hopeless beginner, almost began to weep when the first punch landed - it was stopped two knockdowns later. B credited with seven profights (3-4) but was very inept.

March 31, Noisy-le-Grand, FRA: h: Carlos Takam, Cam/Fra TKO 11 Frans Botha, RSA Takam won (or retained) the WBO African heavyweight title with a stoppage win over Botha, who came in for John Napari, and had his moments early but was wore down and stopped. jw: Ali Oubaali, Fra W12-U Bastien Laforge, Fra Oubaali won the WBC Mediterranean jr welter title on scores of 117-111, 117-112 and 16-112.

March 31, Altoetting, GER, bdb 6x3, h;: Goran Gogic, Ger TKO 4 Serdar Uysal, Ger Revenge for Gogic, who a week ago was ahead 50-45 on the scoring referee´s card only to be stopped by a left hook to the body in the sixth and final round.

March 30, Cologne, GER, Maritim Hotel, Diamond Boy Promotions h: Manuel Charr, Ger W12-U Taras Bidenko, Ukr Charr defended the WBC Int´l Silver heavyweight title on scores of 116-111 on all cards. After four it wa 39-37 twice and 40-36 and after eight 77-75 twice and 78-74. Bidenko had a point deducted in the 11th for repeatedly losing his mouthpiece 10x3, h: Christian Hammer, Ger KO 1 (1.39) Alexander Kahl, Ger Hammer retained the Int´l German heavyweight title knocking out Kahl with bodyshots.

March 30, Gandia, SPA: l: Emiliano Casal, Spa TKO 2 Felix Soria, Spa Casal, trained by Ulf Johansen, won the vacant Spanish lightweight title with an upset win over Soria, who came in for Oscar Sanchez Sandoval on a few weeks notice. 8x3, h: Leif Dolonen Larsen, Nor/Ser (?) TKO 2 Gabor Farkas, Hun 8x2, jw-w: Loli Munoz, Spa W8-U Mikaela Lauren, Swe Lauren was ill but accepted the fight on late notice and had to make 66 kg as well, she was down in the first and a clear loser - Munoz in from Barcelona where she works in the prison system. m: Cristian Fernandez, TDr 4 Julio Alberto Barsena, Spa jw: Roman Vardanayn, W 4 David Donis, w: Jorge Fortea, Spa Tdr 3 Fran Gonzales, Spa

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